[Resolved]  Nagpur Municipal Corporation — Damage in Flat No. 402 due to modifications in Flat No. 502 at Swapnil Shaivalini Apts., 7 North Ambazari Road, Shivajinagar, Nagpur - 440010.

Address:

Nagpur, Maharashtra

To,
The Competent Authority,
Nagpur Municipal Corporation,
Nagpur.


Sub : Damage in Flat No. 402 due to modifications in Flat No. 502.


Dear Sir,


We write to you with great pain and anguish that due to unplanned internal modification carried out in Flat no 502 at Swapnil Shaivalini Apts., 7 North Ambazari Road, Shivajinagar, Nagpur – 440010, our flat No. 402, situated directly below the above flat in the same premises has been completely ravaged with colossal damage and destruction of all personal belongings, caused due to unrestrained water leakage from water pipes which were damaged during the course of the said internal modification. The extent of damage is enormous and our flat needs major repair and renovation to make it habitable.

Our flat was furnished with full wall cabinets since the day of occupation and until the said modification in flat no. 502 there was absolutely no damage either in the walls or in any of the furniture or personal belongings in the cabinets, which housed amongst others, a collection of rare and important books, journals and professional documents. Presently, the entire flat is absolutely bare and nothing remains except the skeleton in the affected rooms.

It may not be possible to comprehend the extent of damages by mere visual images as will be agreed and understood by all those who have seen the condition of the flat and the massive dismantling and clean-up operation undertaken for 2½ days. Nevertheless, we are attaching some photographs so that one can gauge at least a part of what we have gone through.

At this point of time, we are not in a position to put a value of the extent of damage occurred in our flat. However, we would expect that at least those items including the walls and cupboards etc. which have been totally damaged due to said leakage are repaired, painted and refitted to make the flat usable. Unfortunately almost 7 months have passed since we raised this issue with Mr. Ashutosh Vengurlekar, the owner of flat no. 502, and yet no concrete solution is in sight.

In so far as modifications are concerned, Mr. Vengurlekar removed two toilets where he has constructed a room and simultaneously, has built two toilets side-by-side where one existed in the original design. It is evident that he has carved out space from the bedrooms. More details need to be obtained from visual inspection and approved plan.

We have apprised Mr. Vengurlekar of the severity of damages, loss of personal belongings, painting, repair, rectification and replacement of damaged items, and our concerns for constructing a new toilet above our master bed room, not shown in the sanctioned building and floor layout plan. However, his response has been vague and is not in tune with the ground realities. It is unfortunate that our Society too has refrained from taking decisive step in this regard.

We are gravely concerned with the construction of a new toilet especially the one which is now located above our bedrooms, thus making our bedrooms perennially vulnerable from leakage and seepage of water. According to our knowledge and understanding, this new construction is not as per the building plan approved by the NMC.

We would now request you to prevail upon Mr. Vengurlekar so that he repairs our flat to its original condition prior to the damages occurred due to the modification in his flat and revert back the modifications carried out in flat no. 502 in violation of the sanctioned plan so that the flats below are safe and secure in all respect.

We look forward to your kind support and early action in this matter.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Subhas C. Basu Mrs. Indrani Basu

1st August 2011.